Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao used the Asura Seven Kill Sword and Justice Angel to refine the power sealed in Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword, aiming to help him form Soul Cores. The process awakened the Divine Slaughter's Domain and began transforming Chen Xin’s killing intent.

• Chen Xin told Tian Hao that he had reached level 96 and expected to advance further, but said he needed a life-and-death battle to break through to Level 99.
• Tian Hao advised Chen Xin to condense Sword Intent and Killing Intent Soul Cores, then offered to help refine the power left by the predecessors in the Sword Cemetery.
• Chen Xin gave Tian Hao his Seven Kill Sword, the Asura Seven Kill Sword, and his Seven Kill Sword and Sacred Light Soul Power.
• Tian Hao used the Asura Seven Kill Sword to consume and refine the sealed Seven Kill Sword Intent, awakening its Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tian Hao fused Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword with the refined power and used the Justice Angel’s Justice Attribute to begin transforming its killing intent.

Tian Hao faced Dai Xueyi and the Star Luo Royal Team in the tournament final after helping Chen Xin awaken a new domain power. The Star Luo pair unleashed their powerful Hell White Tiger fusion and Dai Xueyi’s defensive Soul Bone, leaving Tian Hao under a direct attack.

• Chen Xin discovered that his Seven Kill Sword had gained the Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and Tian Hao advised him to combine it with Sword Domain to form a stronger Seven Kill Domain.
• Tian Hao learned that Dai Xueyi possessed a high-age defensive Metal Attribute Soul Bone that could strengthen the Star Luo team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tian Hao and Dai Xueyi faced each other in the final, while Dai instructed Deng Liu and the other teammates to leave the arena after applying their support skills.
• Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying fused into the Hell White Tiger and used Tiger King Adamantine Transformation to enlarge and strengthen it.
• Tian Hao attacked with Sword Sixteen, but the Hell White Tiger endured the strike and charged him with a massive claw.

Tian Hao defeated Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying’s Hell White Tiger with a fused Sword Qi technique, then received the tournament championship from Pope Qian Xunji. He sensed Qian Xunji’s intense killing intent and remained wary of him.

• Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying attacked Tian Hao with their speed-focused Hell White Tiger, but he repeatedly evaded their strikes.
• Tian Hao compressed sixteen layers of Sword Qi into a thin film and used the Sword Draw Technique to pierce the Hell White Tiger’s brow, destroying it from within.
• Zhu Yuying fell unconscious, and Dai Xueyi conceded defeat after Tian Hao broke through their fusion skill’s defense.
• Tian Hao and the other teams gathered before the Main Viewing Stand, where Pope Qian Xunji announced Phantom Sound Academy as the champion.
• Qian Xunji approached Tian Hao to congratulate him, and Tian Hao sensed the pope’s killing intent and stayed on guard.

Tian Hao traded the competition’s seven Soul Bones for an ancient horizontal qin, claiming love mattered more to him than treasure. After the competition ended, he sang “Against the War” to encourage the graduating Soul Masters, leaving the crowd fired up and applauding.

• Qian Xunji presented Tian Hao with seven championship Soul Bones, but Tian Hao requested a harp Soul Tool instead.
• A Red Robe Cardinal retrieved an intact Seven-String Horizontal Qin, and Tian Hao accepted it in exchange for the Soul Bones.
• Dai Xueyi asked Tian Hao to sing, and Qian Xunji encouraged him to perform for the crowd.
• Tian Hao introduced “Against the War,” then sang while strumming the horizontal qin and stirred the audience’s fighting spirit.
• Tian Hao urged the crowd to face future challenges bravely, and Qian Xunji and the gathered teams applauded.

After the Soul Master Competition Finals, Tian Hao used the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to gain spatial perspective eyes, then discussed finding the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and preparing for action against the Clear Sky Sect and its allied clans. As Tian Hao began secluded cultivation, Xue Ye Tai and Tang Zhen looked upon the Sacred Light Divine Tree and wondered whether gods truly existed.

• Tian Hao exchanged Life God Power with the intelligent Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and used its medicinal liquid to gain the ability to see through matter.
• Yue Guan told Tian Hao that the perspective ability came from the herb's Space Attribute, and Tian Hao considered using it to handle the Space Origin from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Tian Hao told Yue Guan that Bai He of the Speed Clan might possess the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and asked him to plan a search involving Hai Liuyun and the Breaking Clan.
• Tian Hao began cultivating the Distraction Control Method beneath the Sacred Light Divine Tree, aiming to master Tenfold Mind Division and control eighteen streams of Solid Sword Qi.
• Xue Ye Tai and Tang Zhen gazed at the Sacred Light Divine Tree and wondered whether gods existed, while Tang Zhen questioned why his father had not returned from seeking divine power.

Xue Ye enlisted Tang Zhen to deliver military maps to Dai Xueyi, hoping to provoke a war that would eliminate his rivals and help him seize the throne. As they discussed Spirit Hall and the dangerous changes in the Star Dou Great Forest, an unnoticed camera recorded their plans.

• Xue Ye gave Tang Zhen a detailed defense map of the Four Kingdoms and Jialing Pass, explaining that he wanted the Star Luo Empire to draw away Xue Zhan and the Snowfang Legion.
• Xue Ye promised to name the Clear Sky Sect the empire's Guardian Sect and fund it in exchange for Tang Zhen's support after he took the throne.
• Xue Ye showed Tang Zhen a new kind of Spirit Ring, and Tang Zhen blamed its creation on the Soul Beasts and warned that the Star Dou Great Forest had become extremely dangerous.
• Tang Zhen advised Xue Ye to consider moving the capital because Sunset Forest could also become a threat, and Xue Ye handed him a defense map of Heaven Dou City to deliver to Dai Xueyi.
• A hidden Crystal bead camera recorded Xue Ye and Tang Zhen's conversation without either of them noticing.

Tian Hao proposed ways for Spirit Hall to exploit the coming war between the Two Great Empires, then focused on cultivating new domains for his Grass Swords. The chapter ended with the Sacred Light Sword Domain established and Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo considering how to develop their own domains.

• Tian Hao proposed that Spirit Hall resettle war refugees, seize resources from the Four Kingdoms, and help trap Star Luo troops while keeping Spirit Hall's involvement hidden.
• Spirit Hall's elders refined Tian Hao's plan as Tian Hao cultivated and condensed Third Soul Rings for his two Grass Swords.
• Qian Daoliu sealed Angel Holy Sword into the Sacred Light Grass Sword's Third Soul Ring, helping Tian Hao awaken the Sacred Light Sword Domain.
• Yue Guan and Golden Crocodile Douluo helped Tian Hao cultivate, and after two days the Adamantine Grass Sword awakened a weaker Adamantine Sword Domain.
• Tian Hao returned three metal-attribute Soul Cores to Golden Crocodile Douluo, who thanked him, while Qian Daoliu developed his own Sacred Light Sword Domain.

Tian Hao harvested insights from the Angel Clan’s Sacred Light Sword Domain and returned to the journey toward Heaven Dou City, while Chen Xin prepared to train at Thunderclap Valley. Meanwhile, Tang Zhen secretly delivered Defense Maps to the Star Luo Empire, where Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying discovered them and questioned whether they were genuine.

• Tian Hao absorbed the Angel Clan Members’ sword-intent insights, strengthening his Sacred Light Sword Intent several times.
• Qian Ruyi brought Tian Hao back to Chen Xin, who said he would train at Thunderclap Valley and have Fifth Attendant protect Tian Hao.
• After two days, Chen Xin flew Tian Hao away from Spirit City while the main group continued by road.
• Tang Zhen slipped away from the group, entered the Star Luo Empire’s camp, and threw a Storage Soul Tool containing Defense Maps into its largest tent.
• Gui Mei secretly recorded Tang Zhen’s actions and then moved to infiltrate the camp to record its Defense Maps.
• Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying examined the maps, including one of Heaven Dou City, and wondered whether the anonymous delivery was a trap.

Dai Xueyi confirmed that the Jialing Pass defense map was genuine and ordered her forces to return to Star Luo City, while Xue Ye brought the Phantom Sound Academy Team home to a triumphant welcome. At the imperial banquet, Tian Hao received recognition and proposed raising Phantom Sound Academy to Soul Master University, leaving Emperor Xue Sheng puzzled.

• Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying examined the defense maps, confirmed the Jialing Pass map was genuine, and discussed who might have supplied them.
• Dai Xueyi ordered her forces to rest and then force-march back to Star Luo City, while Gui Mei secretly recorded the maps and their discussion.
• Xue Ye's party reached Heaven Dou City and was welcomed by crowds celebrating the Phantom Sound Academy Team's championship.
• Emperor Xue Sheng praised Xue Ye, struck Xue Zhan from the throne for speaking out of turn, and served celebratory wine to Xue Ye and Tian Hao.
• Tian Hao asked Emperor Xue Sheng to promote Phantom Sound Academy to a Soul Master University, surprising the banquet hall.

Tian Hao persuaded Emperor Xue Sheng to establish Soul Master Universities, with Phantom Sound Academy becoming the first. The change pressured rival academies and sects, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect focused on finding divine power and strengthening its ranks.

• Tian Hao proposed that Soul Master Universities promote research, integration, and innovation, and that Phantom Sound Academy become the first.
• Emperor Xue Sheng established Soul Master Universities and set requirements for other academies seeking that status.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee called an urgent meeting to prepare for university status and the next competition.
• Tian Hao went to the Snowfang Legion’s camp to serve as a swordsmanship instructor.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Soul Master Universities would threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and said he was investigating traces of gods.
• Gu Rong agreed to help recruit promising seniors whom the sect could support in reaching Level 90.

The Star Luo Empire invaded the Heaven Dou Empire with seven hundred thousand troops and seized the Four Kingdoms and Jialing Pass, while Spirit Hall remained occupied at the Star Dou Great Forest. At Jialing Pass, Dai Xueyi declared her intention to defeat the Snowfang Legion’s Sword Saint, as Dai Tiehu outlined the campaign’s limited goals.

• The Star Luo Empire invaded the Heaven Dou Empire with seven hundred thousand troops and overran the Four Kingdoms using Defense Maps Dai Xueyi had brought back.
• Spirit Hall condemned the Star Luo Emperor but kept its forces at the Star Dou Great Forest, where they faced a possible Beast Tide.
• The Star Luo Army captured Jialing Pass, opening the route toward Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Tiehu told Dai Xueyi that the campaign aimed to weaken the Heaven Dou Empire and seize the Snowfang Legion’s weapons, not destroy the empire.
• Dai Xueyi said she intended to defeat the Sword Saint who had beaten her, while Dai Tiehu assigned her to help the Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry disrupt the Snowfang Legion.

Dai Tiehu prepared the Howling Tiger Legion to confront the Snowfang Legion while ordering Jialing Pass dismantled to preserve the Star Luo Army’s retreat. In Heaven Dou City, Emperor Xue Sheng and his sons faced the rapid invasion, with Xue Zhan volunteering to defend the capital as they considered escape plans and sought support from powerful sects.

• Dai Tiehu warned Dai Xueyi that the Snowfang Legion’s linked killing intent made it dangerous and handed Jialing Pass to the Star Luo Crown Prince while he led the remaining troops out.
• Dai Weisi vowed to become a Titled Douluo, and Dai Tiehu watched soldiers dismantle Jialing Pass and fill its moat to keep the Star Luo Army’s escape route open.
• Emperor Xue Sheng questioned his advisers about Jialing Pass’s fall, and Xue Zhan suggested that Titled Douluo might have helped the Star Luo Army advance so quickly.
• Xue Ye and Xue Zhan urged Emperor Xue Sheng to prepare an escape route, and Xue Zhan volunteered to defend Heaven Dou City while telling Xue Ye to leave with their father.
• Xue Ye reported that Tang Zhen and the Clear Sky Sect would only escort the royal family to safety, and Emperor Xue Sheng asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would help.

Xue Zhan and Tian Hao prepared the Snowfang Legion to defend Heaven Dou City from the approaching Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry, while the soldiers ate in deathly silence. After Chen Xin revealed that the Star Luo Army had used Heaven Dou City's secret Defense Map to open the south gate, Xue Zhan realized Xue Ye had betrayed him, but Dugu Bo escaped before Chen Xin could capture him.

• Xue Sheng ordered Xue Ye to arrange for Dugu Bo to help destroy the Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry, while Xue Zhan said Chen Xin would return to aid Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Tiehu led two hundred thousand Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry toward Heaven Dou City as Tian Hao and Xue Zhan gathered the Snowfang Legion inside the imperial palace.
• Xue Zhan urged the soldiers to eat before battle, but Tian Hao explained that their spirits had been worn down by forced service and years of hardship.
• Chen Xin reported that Star Luo Soul Masters had used the city's hidden passage to open the south gate, prompting Xue Zhan to realize Xue Ye had leaked Heaven Dou City's Defense Map.
• Chen Xin went to confront Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo escaped through a secret passage; Chen Xin then offered to handle the Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo while Xue Zhan dealt with the rest.

Xue Zhan and Tian Hao prepared to burn Heaven Dou City to trap the pursuing Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry, while Xue Zhan rallied the Snowfang Legion with a promise that the curse on their greatswords would end. The soldiers embraced their final battle with renewed hope as Chen Xin prepared to unleash the swords’ sealed Killing Intent.

• Tian Hao and Xue Zhan agreed that Heaven Dou City would be burned to trap the Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry, and Xue Zhan explained why Dai Tiehu would pursue the Snowfang Legion.
• Xue Zhan ordered a deputy general to seal the city gates after the cavalry entered and the fires began.
• Chen Xin told Xue Zhan that his Seven Kill Domain could unleash the Killing Intent within the Snowfang Greatswords, but the swords would lose that property afterward.
• Xue Zhan told the Snowfang Legion that their freedom from the greatswords’ curse was at hand and that they would be the final generation of the true legion.
• Xue Zhan swore his words were true, and the soldiers’ hope and morale rose as they prepared to risk their lives in battle.

Ning Fengzhi agreed to remain neutral while Star Luo Empire moved to destroy the Snowfang Legion and seize Heaven Dou City. As the armies clashed inside the imperial palace, Chen Xin and Tian Hao unleashed a terrifying Slaughtering Domain, and Xue Zhan ordered the Snowfang Legion to strike the enemy Soul Master Corps first.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed not to intervene in the war and warned Gu Rong that any attempt to kill Tian Hao must go undiscovered, especially by Chen Xin.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Leng Qing'er arrived in Heaven Dou City and saw Star Luo Empire's cavalry surrounding the imperial palace after slaughtering its city defenders.
• Dai Tiehu ordered the two hundred thousand Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry and Star Luo Empire's Soul Master Corps to attack the hundred thousand Snowfang Legion soldiers inside the palace.
• Chen Xin and Tian Hao combined their domains with the killing intent stored in the Snowfang Greatswords, creating a blood-red Slaughtering Domain that suppressed the enemy soul masters.
• Xue Zhan ordered Tian Hao and the Snowfang Legion to charge and overwhelm Star Luo Empire's Soul Master Corps.

Tian Hao and the Snowfang Legion ambushed the Star Luo forces, using the Blood Mist to suppress the Soul Master Corps and inflict heavy losses on the Howling Tiger Legion. As Chen Xin held off Dai Tiehu and the Titled Douluos, fires engulfed Heaven Dou City, and Dai Tiehu called on Tang Zhen to reveal himself or face the army’s withdrawal.

• Dai Xueyi and Zhu Yuying fused into a Hell White Tiger, but Tian Hao cut off its head and drove them from the fight; he then used the Blood Mist and Sword Qi Storm to devastate the Soul Master Corps.
• Dai Tiehu ordered the Soul Saints and Soul Douluos to rescue the trapped Soul Masters, but Chen Xin’s sword qi killed more than half of them as they entered the Blood Mist.
• Chen Xin fought Dai Tiehu and five Titled Douluos while Xue Zhan encircled the Soul Master Corps and disrupted the Howling Tiger Legion’s rescue effort.
• After half an hour, the Howling Tiger Legion had lost nearly half its men and the Snowfang Legion had lost forty thousand; fires set by Xue Zhan’s agents spread through Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Tiehu demanded that Tang Zhen stop hiding and warned that he would withdraw the army if Tang Zhen did not appear.

Tang Zhen intervened in the battle and confronted Chen Xin, who revealed his rank 98 strength and fought him with powerful sword techniques. The chapter ended as both men unleashed life-risking methods, with Tang Zhen detonating eight Soul Rings and Chen Xin using the Sacrifice Method.

• Tang Zhen ordered the Clear Sky Sect Elders to prepare secretly to eliminate everyone from the Star Luo Empire, then flew to the battlefield to face Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin revealed that he had reached rank 98 and challenged Tang Zhen to prove whether the Seven Kill Sword or Clear Sky Hammer was the world's strongest attack-type Martial Soul.
• Chen Xin's Killing Character Secret and Tang Zhen's Great Sumeru Hammer clashed, and Tang Zhen shattered the nine killing characters.
• Chen Xin used Sword Path: Chen Xin, damaging Tang Zhen's Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul before recalling his shattered Sword Qi.
• Tang Zhen detonated his first eight Soul Rings to enlarge his Clear Sky Hammer, while Chen Xin used the Sacrifice Method to unleash his full potential.

Guang Ling joined the battle and used his self-created sword skill to kill two Titled Douluo, while Chen Xin continued fighting Tang Zhen. Chen Xin revealed that he had one final sword, then shattered all nine of his black soul rings to fuse their power into the Seven Kill Sword.

• Guang Ling used Hundred Steps Flying Sword to kill a Titled Douluo, then bypassed a female Titled Douluo’s Mirror Shift and killed her as well.
• Guang Ling attacked Dai Tiehu and the other Titled Douluo, forcing them to struggle against his speed.
• Gu Rong recognized Guang Ling as the expert who had secretly locked onto him at the Dual Sound Tournament, while Ning Fengzhi chose to wait for the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden forces.
• Ning Fengzhi watched Chen Xin being suppressed by Tang Zhen’s Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation Secret Method, but Chen Xin welcomed the pressure as his bottleneck began to loosen.
• Chen Xin announced that he had one sword left and claimed it surpassed the Clear Sky Sect’s secret method.
• Chen Xin revealed nine black soul rings, shattered them, and perfectly fused their soul power and Origin into the Seven Kill Sword.

Chen Xin shattered all nine Soul Rings to defeat Tang Zhen’s Great Sumeru Hammer, then fought off the four Clear Sky Sect elders as Dai Tiehu’s army continued its assault on the Snowfang Legion. The Snowfang Legion remained surrounded, but Guang Ling’s interference weakened the enemy’s attack and gave Xue Zhan room to keep fighting.

• Tang Zhen shattered his Hundred Thousand Year Ninth Soul Ring and brought down the Great Sumeru Hammer as Chen Xin charged with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin cut through and shattered the Clear Sky Hammer, gravely injuring Tang Zhen and declaring the Seven Kill Sword the world’s strongest Attack System Martial Soul.
• The four Clear Sky Sect elders revealed themselves and attacked Chen Xin, who avoided meeting them head-on and kept them occupied.
• Dai Tiehu ordered his army and surviving Soul Masters to attack the Snowfang Legion, while Guang Ling’s assassinations forced Dai Tiehu to join the fight against him.
• With Dai Tiehu distracted, the Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry’s offensive weakened, and Xue Zhan continued leading the fewer than forty thousand surviving Snowfang Legion soldiers.

Xue Zhan led the Snowfang Legion to victory but was mortally wounded by an assassin sent by Xue Ye, and he entrusted Tian Hao with the surviving soldiers. When Gu Rong interfered with space to trap Tian Hao, Tian Hao escaped by drilling underground as Guang Ling and Chen Xin broke free.

• Xue Zhan led the Snowfang Legion through a brutal battle until the Howling Tiger Iron Cavalry fled, securing victory for the surviving soldiers.
• A wind-yin arrow struck Xue Zhan, and he told Tian Hao that Xue Ye’s death warriors had targeted him before asking Tian Hao to take the soldiers and Snowfang Greatswords away from Heaven Dou.
• The soldiers knelt to recognize Xue Zhan as their general, and he died with a smile as Tian Hao mourned him.
• Tian Hao knocked out the surviving soldiers and stored them in his Sea of Spirit, then sent the agreed signal and tried to escape using his Space Teleport Soul Bone Skill.
• Gu Rong’s spatial interference limited Tian Hao’s teleport, so Tian Hao drilled underground with Sword Qi and sealed the tunnel behind him while Guang Ling and Chen Xin broke free.
• The Clear Sky Sect members failed to pursue Tian Hao underground, and Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong to leave.